Chromium Chains as Polydentate Fluoride Ligands for Actinides and Group IV Metals

Ji-Dong Leng, Andreas Kostopoulos, Liam Isherwood, Ana-Maria Ariciu, Floriana Tuna, Inigo Vitorica-Yrezabal, Robin Pritchard, George Whitehead, Grigore Timco, David Mills, Richard Winpenny

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

    203 Downloads (Pure)

    Abstract

    The reactions of {Cr6} horseshoe chains {[nPr2NH2]3[Cr6F11(O2CtBu)10]}2, 1 and precursors of actinides and group IV metals led to a series of ring complexes [nPr2NH2][Cr7TiF6O2(O2CtBu)16], 2, [nPr2NH2][Cr6Ti2F5O3(O2CtBu)16], 3, [Cr6ThF7(O2CtBu)15 (Me2SO)], 4, [(nPr2NH2)2(Cr6Th2F12(O2CtBu)16)], 5 and [nPr2NH2][Cr6U2O2F8(O2CtBu)16(Me2SO)], 6. X-ray structure studies indicate that the {Cr6} chains maintain their structures in these complexes, acting as polydentate fluoride ligands. Their static magnetic properties were measured and fitted by isotropic exchange Hamiltonian. In accordance with 1, the magnetic exchanges between CrIII are antiferromagnetic, while the exchange interactions can be modified by the tetravalent metals. For compound 6, ferromagnetic exchanges JCr–U and JU–U are obtained. EPR spectra of compounds 2–5 were measured at Q band and were simulated. The spectrum of 2 has the same profile as {Cr7Cd} and {Cr7Zn} rings with a ground state S = 3/2. 3, 4 and 5 give similar EPR spectra with S = 0 ground states.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)6361-6369
    JournalDalton Transactions
    Volume47
    Issue number18
    Early online date16 Apr 2018
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 14 May 2018

    Fingerprint

    Dive into the research topics of 'Chromium Chains as Polydentate Fluoride Ligands for Actinides and Group IV Metals'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

    Cite this